Pleioceras

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Wrightieae
Genus: Pleioceras
Species: P. afzelii – P. barteri – P. gilletii – P. orientale – P. zenkeri
Name

Pleioceras Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 759. (1888)

Type species: Pleioceras barteri Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 759.. (1888)

References

Baillon, H.E. 1888. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 759.
Hassler, M. 2018. Pleioceras. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sep 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pleioceras in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pleioceras. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 26 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pleioceras in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 26.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pleioceras. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 26.

Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Species[1]

Pleioceras afzelii (K.Schum.) Stapf - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Pleioceras barteri Baill. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon
Pleioceras gilletii Stapf - Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angola
Pleioceras orientale Vollesen - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
Pleioceras zenkeri Stapf - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.